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Exe 17: Teal on the mud

Teal on the mud

The strong colours of the male contrasting with the less spectacular female, as often with bird species.

Teal on the mud

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Exe 16: whelk shell

Whelk shell

Lying on the beach on the bay near the hide at Dawlish Warren.

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Exe 15: Green plover

Green Plover

This lapwing is showing a green which is one of the colours of the rainbow in the iridescence on its wing.

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Exe 14: Fox in the distance

Fox in the distance

Probably a male fox at the far side of a field. Going by the din just previously, there had been two foxes, mating,

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Exe 13: bladderwrack

Bladderwrack

A clump of seaweed on the shoreline.

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Exe 12: waders feeding

Avocets feeding

Avocets and a godwit are reflected in the mud as they feed on the invertebrates they find in the mud of the Exe estuary.

Avocet and godwit feeding